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host plants

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003230

Plants which provide shelter, habitat, breeding sites or serve as a food source as part of the life cycle of another organism.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-003230
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
Synonymshost crops
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsohosts; plants (botany); weed hosts
TranslationsSpanish: plantas huéspedes
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003230",
  "term": "host plants",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Plants which provide shelter, habitat, breeding sites or serve as a food source as part of the life cycle of another organism.",
  "synonyms": [
    "host crops"
  ],
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "hosts",
    "plants (botany)",
    "weed hosts"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "plantas huéspedes"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/host-plants/"
}

Record 3,230 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.